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Category Archives: Music Performance Tips
Clothing as Stage Presence
Costumes, Clothing, and Concert Dress:Creating Your Stage Presence Performers must be comfortable on stage, but they also must look the part. Audiences expect a symphony orchestra to be dressed formally, a country act to have a few musicians wearing cowboy … Continue reading
Quick Performance Tip – Don’t Give Away the Next Song
Never play the beginning of your next song before you actually start performing that song on stage. Don’t give it away!
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Quick Performance Tip – Count In Every Song
Count in every song. Don’t just start playing and expect everyone else in the band to know where Beat One is. Too dangerous!
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Quick Performance Tip – Keep Your Game Face On
While you’re on stage, keep your game face on and keep going . . . no matter what! Never let the audience know that something is wrong.
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Quick Rehearsal Tip – Know Who is Giving Cues
Decide as a group who’s giving cues where they’re needed in different songs. Make your communication clear inside your group! Clear cues, and knowing where they’re coming from, will make everyone feel more confident on stage.
Quick Performance Tip – Take the Stage
Take the stage. Be noticeable and feel that you are worthy of being noticed. Make it obvious that you have arrived and that something important is about to happen.
Quick Performance Tip – Control the Room
When you talk to the audience, take total control of the room. Be bigger than life. Use a mic, lighting, whatever it takes. Own it!
Quick Performance Tip – Keep the Stage Clear
Keep the stage area clear. It’s easy to trip on cables and stands, or to knock over instruments, if everything’s tangled.
Quick Performance Tip – Getting on Stage
Know how you’re getting on and off stage. Make sure there’s a path so you can actually get where you need to be – even in the dark.
Quick Performance Tip – Tell the Audience Your Name
Make sure the audience knows your name. Get introduced before you play. Say your name (or your group’s name) often from stage. Have your logo on a banner, screen, or kick drum. There are too many situations where audience members … Continue reading
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